Larionova, L. V.

Nazarov, T. A.

Trofimchuk, S. N.

Zuev, Andrey Vitalievich

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157Scientific supervisor A. Loginova, senior lecturer of TPU,N. Aksenova, senior lecturer of TPULarionova L.V., Nazarov T.A., Trofimchuk S.N., Zuev A.V.National Research Tomsk Polytechnic UniversityLEARNING ENGLISHAS THE QUESTION OF GREAT IMPORTANCEThere are many ways to learn a language. In the article whenspeaking  of  a  language  we  mean  English  as  it  is  considered  to  beinternational. We think it is imperative to study English that is why thequestion of teaching is of great importance. When teaching a foreignlanguage it should be taken into consideration the students’ age, level,aim, and individual exercise or in group. We think that native speakers asteachers  can  help  us  improve  our  English  for  business  or  touristic  trips,teach us to carry on negotiations, to correctly correspond, to talk on thephone. But often training courses are insufficient for building up a highlevel of English and for the ability to communicate our messages in aforeign language fluently. Today to know a language means masteringverbal behavior in a number of natural situations, getting acquainted withculture, traditions and etiquette of a country. There are a lot of methodsfor people who want to learn English by themselves. To train listening,speaking and reading is a necessary thing in every respect. But our focusis a kind of listening comprehension activity and watching authenticvideo. We can listen to music and audio books to develop the perceptionof unfamiliar language by ear. It is possible to improve speaking whensocializing with native speakers. Communication in social networks canalso help us develop writing skills and enlarge our vocabulary.Firstly, if you frequently listen to songs in a foreign language youwill most likely to remember a word or a phrase. It can also be very use-ful in the study of the language. At the initial stage of learning English itis most importantly to adapt to hearing at least a few words in a strangeset of sounds and work on the pronunciation [1]. The following can helpyou cope with the songs:? Choose a few favorite pieces (5–7 pieces);? Read the pieces and translate unfamiliar words;? Take time to transcribe or just use ready-made material;? Rewrite or reprint the lyrics several times so that you will be ableto memorize the words visually. – Upload them to your player and158sing as often as possible (if there is someone around you and youfear to disturb them – sing to yourself).In the very beginning it  is good to have the lyrics in front of theeyes to pry words. The song is considered to be mastered while you arelistening to the text [1].Secondly, adapted audio books are irreplaceable in the study ofbasic irregular verbs and in setting of the initial vocabulary. The verbs intheir second and third forms are often used there.Still possible, again, to reproduce text adapted books. This prac-tice facilitates to significantly increase your vocabulary, to learn idiomsand immerse yourself in the language environment. The top skill will beto write the text while listening to it. And it is a good thing to pronouncethe words after a native speaker.Thirdly, films in the original language are able to help us getquickly and easily involved in the studied language environment. Learn-ing a foreign language through films has several advantages. One of themis the fact that in most films actors use «spoken» language. Thus viewingsuch films you will be acquainted with the «living» language (notadapted book phrases). Watching films and news helps you grasp thepronunciation. Then listening skills or ability to understand the overallmeaning of the phrase, not each word separately can also be trained. Be-sides, the interest of watching the film serves as an incentive to learn thelanguage. That is, unlike other sources of information watching films is areal pleasure or fun for most of people.Before watching a film in English you should watch it in Russian,especially if you don’t know language well. This removes the difficultyof understanding the meaning of the film and help concentrate on memo-rizing phrases in English. If you have difficulty in understanding the filmyou can keep the original sound turned and add Russian subtitles.There are several recommendations to make watching the filmshelpful in learning English.First, you should pause the film at each unknown phrase and trans-late it.In the second place, you should repeat the words and phrases afteractors.Third, you should watch films regularly (as in any other activityassociated with training).There are many points for and against watching films with subti-tles.For starters the following can be suggested:1. Watch an episode or film without subtitles.1592. Watch the film with subtitles.3. Practice pronunciation.The genre of a film is also very important as the effectiveness oflearning the language depends on your liking it or not, your readiness towatch again and again. Of course, the choice of the film should be basedon the level of the language. There are some recommendations for watch-ing video material:Elementary:Living English (by the Australia Network). This film will helpdeal with the main points of learning English. The film has 42 series.Each part is about 14 minutes on the average. Extra English. Series aboutfour friends living in London. Actors communicate with each other, theirEnglish is conversational. That gives you to learn a bunch of colloquialwords by the end of the film.Pre-Intermediate – Intermediate:Matrix-I, The Green Mile, 28 days later, Harry Potter, The devilwears Prada, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Back to the Future (tril-ogy), Bridget Jones’diary.Upper-Intermediate – Advanced:Frankenstein, King Kong, Gone with the Wind, The Wizard of Oz,Psycho, The Godfather, Star Wars, Titanic, The Lord of the Rings, Ava-tar.There had been conducted a survey where the students as respon-dents took part. They were asked to answer the following questions:1. Do you watch foreign films? If yes – are they dubbed or withoriginal sound?2. Do you listen to foreign music? How easily do you understandthe meaning of a song in English? What genres (performers, groups) doyou prefer?The results have shown the following:160If you want to learn the language you need to follow a few simplerules, which are called «10 Commandments of Kato Lomb»:1.  Spend time tinkering  with  the  language  every  day –  if  there  isno more time available, then at least to the extent of a ten-minute mono-logue. Morning hours are especially valuable in this respect: the earlybird catches the word!2. If your enthusiasm for studying flags too quickly, don’t forcethe  issue  but  don’t  stop  altogether  either.  Move to  some other  forms ofstudying, e.g., instead of reading, listen to the radio; instead of assign-ment writing, poke about in the dictionary, etc.3. Never learn isolated units of speech, but rather learn words andgrammatical elements in context.4. Write phrases in the margins of your text and use them as «pre-fabricated elements» in your conversations.5. Even a tired brain finds rest and relaxation in quick, impromptutranslations of billboard advertisements flashing by, of numbers overdoorways, of snippets of overheard conversations, etc., just for its ownamusement.6. Memorize only that which has been corrected by a teacher. Donot keep reading texts you have written that have not been proofread andcorrected so as to keep mistakes from taking root in your mind. If youstudy on your  own,  each segment  to  be  memorized  should  be  kept  to  asize that precludes the possibility of errors.7. Always memorize idiomatic expressions in the first person sin-gular. For example, «I am only pulling your leg».1618. A foreign language is a castle. It is advisable to attack it on allfronts at once: via newspapers, the radio, un-dubbed movies, technical orscientific articles, textbooks, or via a visitor at your neighbor’s.9. Do not let the fear of making mistakes keep you from speaking,but do ask your conversation partner to correct you. Most importantly,don’t get peeved if he or she actually obliges you – a remote possibility,anyway.10. Be firmly convinced that you are a linguistic genius. If thefacts demonstrate otherwise, heap blame on the pesky language you aimto master, on the dictionaries, or on this little book, not on yourself.For most of the students language learning that takes place in theclassroom can be a little bit boring as all the classrooms are alike and thetraining process itself is familiar to them. Besides, the students’ point isthat traditional language teaching methods are not in great demandamong them as well as among school children and just ordinary people.But those aimed at studying the language fully should exercise all themethods  including  a  traditional  set  of  them.  As  for  the  rest  of  the  stu-dents, they prefer to experience something new that is why the search forthe original ways (the latest or not) of presenting material to be studied iswelcome.References1. ??????????? ????? ?? ??????? // ????????? ???????????? ?????. URL:http://www.englishbysongs.ru/index.php/songsvideo (date of access:17.03.2014).2. Native English [Site]. URL: http://www. native-english.ru (date of access:14.03.2014).Scientific supervisor S.N. Stepura, senior lecturer of TPUMadaliev A.A., Trifonov M.Y.National Research Tomsk Polytechnic UniversityLEARNING ENGLISH AT A TECHNICAL UNIVERSITYAS THE QUESTION OF CURRENT INTERESTInnovations in the field of electronics and widespread electronicmedia as the most rapid means of information served as an incentive forthe expansion of the English language. Mass media such as the Internet,television and the press give unlimited access to getting new informationand new spheres of knowledge. And the most important thing is that80 % of the overall information is published in English. In modern condi-

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